حظ کردن
English translation: your eyes will light up
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| 13:59 Jun 2, 2011 |
| Persian (Farsi) to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Colloquial Dialogue | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Edward Plaisance Jr Local time: 09:32 | ||||||
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1 min confidence: 
| حضّ کردن get pleasure from, enjoy Explanation: here it has an ironical meaning |
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1 min confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Enjoying a lot Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2011-06-02 14:05:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or: get a kick out of, get a thrill out of, get a buzz out of. |
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5 mins confidence:
| حضّ کردن take great delight Explanation: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2011-06-02 14:20:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In this particular case I would suggest: "to paint the town red"! |
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21 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1To get the most pleasure of "learning a lesson!" This is an irony, please see the explanation! Explanation: Although حظ کردن literally means "to get the most pleasure of something", but in this context, it means "to learn a lesson that you will never forget!" The correct spelling is حظ . |
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3 hrs confidence:
your eyes will light up Explanation: We can use this colloquialism here: "...I'll give you such a beating your eyes will light up." The irony of this phrase has been well explained by others. |
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